Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland was interviewed by Russian newspaper Evening Moscow on the ongoing crisis in Russia and Ukraine and the western medias reaction to events concerning the downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight #17 in Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland appeared on AriseTV discussing Russian/European politics. Russia's oligarchs are expected to withdraw money out of UK markets in light of EU sanctions against Russia. Sanctions were imposed after the downing of a Malaysian passenger jet. The sanctions will hurt EU countries as well as Russia says Eland.